What is your Most Favorite Word?
We asked on twitter…what is your Most Favorite Word? Here are some of your answers!
@WomenWriters Read
— Dawn Maria (@DawnMariaAZ) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters tinsel.
— karen wheeler (@mimipompom1) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters Favorite word: persevere
— sgpongratz (@sgpongratz) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters Threnody. So far haven't found an opportunity to use it in my writing, but I just love it.
— Katharine Penney (@KatharinePenney) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters Serendipity maybe? Actually…. it might be the word maybe.
— Tina Keller (@tinakeller) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters "desuetude"
— Maria Atchison (@Spanishlady77) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters mettle
— Hannah Brockbank (@hannahbrockbank) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters haver = talking rubbish!
— Jane S Anderson (@JaneSAnderson15) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters Harmony.
— sandra sasvari (@QuenchMyDesire) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters Apparently, it is 'boop', according to how many times I use it during the day whilst sing-songing to my cats.
— Abby Geiger (@AbbyGeiger) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters Terrific! 🙂
— Samantha Kelly (@Tweetinggoddess) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters a tie between charlatan and ennui…
— Tess Martin Adams (@tessmartinadams) September 29, 2013
@WomenWriters Perhaps because it is the most weirdly specific term for a weird thing I've ever encountered: DEFENESTRATION
— Benjamin Dreyer (@BCDreyer) September 29, 2013
Well? Was your favorite word among them?
Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Portulaca 😉
Equinox
Ephemeral. No special reason, just like the sound of it, and the image.
My eleven preferred words (I think)
Le mie undici parole preferite (almeno credo):
1) Vento – Wind
2) Luce – Light
3) Silenzio – Silence
4) Mare – Sea
5) Viaggio – Travel
6) Rosa – Rose
7) Libro – Book
8) Tempo – Time/Weather
9) Voce – Voice
10) Ombra – Shadow
11) Scrivere – Write
Elena Petrassi
http://elenapetrassi.blogspot.it/2013/04/le-mie-undici-parole-preferite.html
Esplanade! I have no idea why I love the word so much, but I do.
Fossick – not sure why I love the music of it, and it has a flexibility not obvious when you first meet it.
‘Vespertine’ – love it!